Virtual Machine Provisioning and Directory Service Management

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the tenant client token comprises the identifier and a password.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the tenant client virtual machine is managed within the cloud service.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the directory service authenticates and authorizes access based on tokens.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the bulk token comprises a unique binary string.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the bulk token is encrypted within the cloud hosted tenant service.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the provisioning package includes the bulk token.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving an identifier of an authorized tenant client of the cloud hosted tenant service is performed in response to a tenant client being confirmed as having a license to services in the specified provisioning package.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the authorized tenant client comprises a device providing an authorized tenant client token of a user included in the license.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the device is coupled to a portal website providing access to the cloud hosted tenant service.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein joining the tenant client virtual machine to the directory service comprises providing a connection between the client virtual machine and the directory service for providing directory service functions to the tenant client virtual machine.

16. The device of claim 14 wherein the directory service authenticates and authorizes access based on tokens, wherein the directory service manages storage of information and deployment of services and wherein the bulk token comprises a unique binary string.

18. The device of claim 14 wherein the provisioning package includes the bulk token, wherein receiving an identifier of an authorized tenant client of the cloud hosted tenant service is performed in response to a tenant client being confirmed as having a license to services in the specified provisioning package, wherein the authorized tenant client comprises a device providing the authorized tenant client token of a user included in the license, and wherein the device is coupled to a portal website providing access to the cloud hosted tenant service.

19. The device of claim 14 wherein joining the tenant client virtual machine to the directory service comprises providing a connection between the client virtual machine and the directory service for providing directory service functions to the tenant client virtual machine.